King and Queen Bid Farewell to Canada Tour
The King and Queen delivered farewell speeches in Canada thanking Canadians for their hospitality. The King praised universal friendship across the great nation and its peaceful example, while the Queen expressed gratitude to Canadian women and children and to all who greeted them warmly.
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Canada
Xouth
Lves
England
Atlantic
Pacific
Tropics
Arctic
Croul
United States
Ape
Plight of Western Canada Farmers Highlighted by Delegate
Delegates report Western Canada farmers face insolvency due to poor crops weak prices and high costs of essential purchases. The grain grower sector warns of widespread distress if conditions do not improve, stressing the need for better markets and access to quality seeds.
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Western Canada
Townley-Srath
Lashburn
Lask
Canada
Ely
Clemency Order Cuts Prison Sentences For Canada In War Time
Ottawa announces a remission program on the eve of the King's departure. All prisoners with sentences of three months or more will have one month cut, with possible further reductions for long term or penitentiary offenders based on conduct and clemency. The order, signed by Sir Lyman P. Duff, Acting Governor-General, directs remission review.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Lyman P. Duff
U S Fighting Hoppers Target West Across Plains
The United States Agriculture Department uses an emergency appropriation of 1 700 000 to combat a grasshopper outbreak threatening the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest. Hot dry conditions and neglected land fuel the invasion, with states including North Dakota South Dakota Montana Nebraska and Wyoming most affected. The department has already spent about 3400 on control efforts this year.
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Washington
United States Agriculture
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
North
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Wyoming
Agriculture Department
Court of Appeal Quashes Wharton Conviction and Sentencing
The Court of Appeal quashed Gerald Francis Wharton’s conviction and cancelled his ten year sentence tied to IRA bombing cases. The appeal argued the sentencing judge biased Wharton by linking him to the TRA in 1920, an irrelevant factor.
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London
Court of Appeal
Gerald Francis Wharton
Wharton
TRA
Wasteful Methods and Odd Quotes From a Past Era
A jumble of quotes links reading William Shakespeare to wasteful farming methods. Key figures include Rt Hon Arthur Meighen calling literature a prized leisure pursuit and Eduard Benes criticizing grain waste while observing a wheat field.
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Pittsburg
Arthur Meighen
Canadian Senate
Meighen
Newton
Kas
Eduard Benes
Icebound ships reach Nome as Sutherland leads thaw
Nome residents line the waterfront to greet the first ships in eight months. The steamship Sutherland broke through heavy ice in the Bering Sea after a week of fierce ice, with three other vessels joining in. Food supplies were expected to arrive in Nome.
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Nome
Alaska
Sutherland
Bering Sea
British Demand Germany Withdraw Liverpool Consul
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons he asked the German government to withdraw Consul Herr Reinhardt from Liverpool after court records tied the German consulate to a espionage case. He stated a man named Joseph Kebey aided contact with foreign agents selling plans of a government ordnance factory. The request was made two days ago.
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Berlin
Liverpool
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tio
Joseph Kebey
Herr Reinhardt
Visit by King and Queen May Be Considered for Australia
Report from Australian journalists traveling with the King and Queen suggests a future Australian visit is possible but not confirmed. Federal officials note the matter is delicate and forecasts are premature. The visit would fall largely to Britain rather than Australia, and no timetable can be given amid the international situation.
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Australia
Canberra
Canada
German Troops Move on Polish Slovak Border
Reports from Paris describe German troop concentrations near the Polish Slovak border and in passes of the White Carpathians. France warned it would meet force with force if aggression occurred, while Poland urged Western powers to aid if needed.
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White Carpathians
Slovakia
Paris
Germany
Warsaw
Bratislava
Hitler
Budapest
Health insurance facilities for treating the sick in Canada
Dr Grant Fleming of McGill told the Canadian Public Health Association that facilities for treating the sick and preventing sickness in Canada are grossly inadequate. He urged a health insurance scheme for families earning under $1000 a year and warned unqualified health department personnel pose a grave danger.
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Toronto
Canada
Grant Fleming
Montreal
Canadian Public Health Association
Fleming
Faculty of Medicine
Public Health
McGill University
United States
Great Britain
Arthur MurNalty
Britain
Nathan Sinai
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Dr. Sinai
Canadian War Planes Increase Deliveries for RAF Squadrons
Defence officials report more Canadian ordered planes will reach Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons this month with a faster delivery pace over the next two months. Canadian Vickers in Montreal has produced five Stranraer twin engined flying boats for bombing and coastal patrol, three of which escorted the King and Queen over the Strait of Northumberland. They are based in Dartmouth, New Brunswick. The 1937 and 1938 program calls for seven more Stranraers.
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Royal Air Force
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Defence Department
Canadian Vickers Limited
Montreal
Strait of Northumberland
Dartmouth
N.B
Churchill Insurance Rates No Change To Be Made This Year
Insurance officials disclose no rate changes for ships using the Huison Bay route from ERSan ports to Churchill Manitoba this year. The Imperial shipping committee notes eight cargoes of wheat already at Churchill for 1938 and says if about 20 cargoes are moved out in 1939 without loss, they may consider lowering 1940 premium rates.
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Huison Bay
Ersan
Churchill
Man
Imperal Shipping Committee
Sipping
Joint Hull Committee
le Ausstigt
King George Expresses Hope To Revisit Charlottetown
In a written address signed by His Majesty the King, King George expresses the wish to visit Charlottetown again with their daughters. The address was delivered to Premier Thane Campbell as part of a provincial welcome. The King thanks the people for the warm reception and the premier for affectionate references to Her Majesty.
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Charlottetown
George
Elizabeth
Thane Campbell
Princc
Britain Resists Japanese Blockade in North China
British officials reject acquiescence to Japan's blockade of the Tientsin concession and consider retaliatory options. The dispute centers on four alleged Chinese terrorists used as a pretext for expanding Japan's economic control. France and the United States monitor closely as Britain seeks to protect its rights and trade in China.
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London
Japan
Tientsin
Richard Butler
House of Commons
Britain
China
France
Great Britain
Shina
United States
Foreign Office
New Order
Western Canada Wheat Sees Mixed Rainfall Through June
Meteorological reports show Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba facing varied June rains. Alberta records indicate about 4.4 million acres above normal rainfall and 3.99 million below. Saskatchewan has about 13.7 million wheat acres with roughly 5 million below normal but gains in southwestern districts. Manitoba notes limited above normal rainfall and substantial below normal acreage, though some areas near average.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Grouth
Shaunavon
Cardston
Foremost
Lethbridge
Prescott Mayor Seeks Island Gift for Queen Visit
Mayor John T. Horan of Prescott says the Queen sincerely appreciates but cannot accept his gift of one Thousand Islands island for her royal visit. He will request through the Canadian government again, and he plans to visit Ottawa to present the request officially.
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Brockville
Ont
John T. Horan
Prescott
Thousand Islands
Dominion
Horan
St. Lawrence
Thousand Islanda
Norway Crown Prince and Princess Talk With St Paul Children
Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha spoke by telephone to two girls and a boy in St Paul during a visit stay with Dr and Mrs Egil Boeckmann. The royal couple connected from their Oslo palace and chatted with the children and with King Haakon.
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St. Paul
Olaf
Martha
Norway
Oslo
Egil Boeckmann
Haakon
Foreign Affairs Panel Approves Neutrality Bill
The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee advances a neutrality bill along party lines. It would mobilize U S resources in support of Britain France and allies if a war erupts in Europe.
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Washington
Nouse of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Eurupe
America
Great Britain
France
Canadian Wheat In Store Ottawa
Canadian wheat on hand for the week ended June totaled 113,116,762 bushels, down from 115,863,252 the prior week and 29,174,592 in the same week last year, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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